Covent Garden Hotel
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General information | |
Location |
10 Monmouth Street London WC2H 9HB, England |
Coordinates | 51°30′52.31″N 0°7′37.42″W / 51.5145306°N 0.1270611°W |
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Number of rooms | 58 |
Covent Garden Hotel is a 5-star hotel in London, England.[1] It is located in Monmouth Street near Seven Dials in the West End, a short walk away from the Royal Opera House, and is surrounded by some 21 theatres. The hotel is part of Tim and Kit Kemp's Firmdale Hotels.[2]
Style
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The reception area and the 58 bedrooms were designed by Kit Kemp. At the reception, there are large curtains and aged wood furnishings. Stone stairs lead up to the first-floor drawing room which has maple-wood panelling. The Tiffany’s Library is also located on the first floor and has a fireplace and bar. The hotel has three private dining rooms, a private 47-seat screening room, and the Brasserie Max, with a pewter bar with an arched mirror. The bedrooms are elegant, with floral motifs, and they have bathrooms made of granite and mahogany. The hotel also has a gym and a spa.[3]
Notable guests
The hotel frequently attracts notable guests. Musician Courtney Love stayed at the hotel in 2007,[4] actor Simon Russell Beale in 2002,[5] The lobby and restaurant of the hotel were used as filming locations in the 2005 film Match Point;[6] Scarlett Johansson, one of that film's main actors, also stayed there. Other well-known guests include the director Peter Jackson, actors Tim Robbins, Meryl Streep,[7] Stockard Channing,[8] Stephen Fry, Geoffrey Rush, Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Winslet.
- Attic suite
- Brasserie Max Restaurant & Bar
Notes
- ↑ Katja Gaskell. "Lonely Planet review". Lonely Planet.
- ↑ Fiona Duncan (13 December 2009). "Country house hotels: New life in the country". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ↑ Design Hotels, Retrieved 15 December 2009
- ↑ "Courtney Love Trashes the Covent Garden Hotel". Hotel Chatter. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ↑ "Not-so-simple Simon" by Andrew Billen, Evening Standard (London), 16 January 2002
- ↑ Match Point at Film London
- ↑ "Celebrity secrets: The city slickers
- ↑ Claire Rudebeck (16 February 2005): "Stockard Channing: One tough cookie", The Independent
References
- McGrath, Ginny (April 7, 2009). "Covent Garden Hotel, Monmouth St, London, WC2". The Times. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- Burt, Paddy (11 March 2000). "Paddy Burt: The Covent Garden Hotel, London". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- Turner, Sarah (9 December 2008). "Hotel focus: Covent Garden Hotel, London". The Mail on Sunday. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
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Coordinates: 51°30′52″N 0°07′37″W / 51.51453°N 0.12706°W